World

Although first sighted by an English navigator in 1592, the first landing (English) did not...

What is now Ecuador formed part of the northern Inca Empire until the Spanish conquest...

Colombia was one of three countries that emerged after the dissolution of Gran Colombia in...

Indigenous groups inhabited central and southern Chile for several thousand years, living in mixed pastoralist...

After more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining...

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simón BOLÍVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825. Much...

In 1816, the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata declared their independence from...

Thirteen of Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized...

First settled by the French in the early 17th century, Saint Pierre and Miquelon are...

Mexico was the site of several advanced Amerindian civilizations -- including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan,...

Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 80% ice capped. The Inuit came to Greenland...